Harrogate · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Harrogate Convention Centre
Luca Ferreira Spain and Portugal
These are my five favourites in Harrogate, out of the 49 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.8.
All five are inside 400 m of Harrogate Convention Centre, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Fountains Guest House - Harrogate Stays
★★★★★4.9 from 344 reviews
Fountains Guest House - Harrogate Stays comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 344 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 4 star property, found under poi and around $198 a night on the dates we checked.
49 hotels in Harrogate qualified for this list and five made it. Arden House of Harrogate is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
All five, ranked
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Fountains Guest House - Harrogate Stays
★★★★★4.9 from 344 reviews
400 m from Harrogate Convention Centre, about a 5 minute walk
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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2Arden House of Harrogate
★★★★★4.8 from 281 reviews
400 m from Harrogate Convention Centre, about a 5 minute walk
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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3The Franklin
★★★★★4.9 from 103 reviews
300 m from Harrogate Convention Centre, about a 4 minute walk
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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4The Welford
★★★★★4.9 from 89 reviews
300 m from Harrogate Convention Centre, about a 4 minute walk
- Parking
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5The Belmont Apart Hotel - Harrogate Stays
★★★★★4.8 from 140 reviews
300 m from Harrogate Convention Centre, about a 4 minute walk
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Accessible
How this list was put together
49 Harrogate hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Harrogate Convention Centre second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Luca Ferreira Spain and Portugal
Shuts the workshop two weeks every summer and rides. The Pyrenees, the Danube route and most of Portugal on frames he built himself, camping most nights.
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